I. Artifact Name

Gold Nobel Peace Prize '64

II. Image

Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King

III. Event Represented by the Artifact/Significance

As Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, said in his presentation speech: "He is the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence. He is the first to make the message of brotherly love a reality in the course of his struggle, and he has brought this message to all men, to all nations and races.


IV. Date and Place

Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 1964.


V. Multimedia Found on the Internet



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VIII. Curators

Bambi Edwards, George Kramer, and Betty Hatcher